abluehaze

im 30+ getting close to my fortys and i still love games like nintendo games like mario, zelda, metroid, super smash bros, and i cant wait for wind waker and super smash bros 4

I will be 40 next month and have been enjoying the Wii U. Right now Lego City has been my favorite (almost finished at like 97% complete) but also play Super Mario, COD, and Sonic Racing. I love the Zelda games and can't wait for one for the Wii U. I also like to play the Tiger Woods golf games and think if they make one it could make good use of the Gamepad. I really like the Gamepad and have played games on it when my wife is watching one of her shows. Now if the Wii U would have been able to play Blu-Ray movies my PS3 would not be used. I had the Wii which I sold to help pay for part of the Wii U and it was nice I could still use the Wii-motes and didn't have to buy new controllers.

Sounds like we're all very close in age.  I loved the NES era and love the Metroid series and used to love the Zelda games but I was really let down by both TP and SS.  The last Zelda game I really enjoyed was Wind Waker.  I'd love to see a Zelda game come out that I can actually get into but I'm not holding my breath.  

I will probably just bite the bullet and end up buying a Wii U I just have a feeling it will end up like my Wii after the newness wears off (a shelf for dust).  

You're trolling right?  Windows Phone has some very nice apps, that run much better than Android equivalents.  I was referring to Windows Phone and not Windows Mobile.  It is Active Directory enabled, supported completely by exchange (not via activsync) and supports complete configuration through SCCM, including OSD and running SCOM playbooks for support requests.  Overall Windows Phone is much better for enterprise environments.  Where Android is better is the ability to customize and provision firmware for enterprise phones, but only has partial suppport for enterprise tools, and requires additional software with additional license and hardware requirements on the back end.

 

iPhone is popular because it has the better versions of most apps, but there is little support for provisioning and requires iTunes to work properly, something most security professionals would balk at.  For personal use iphone is comparable both feature wise and price wise to other smartphones.

 

By all means, though, if you don't like iphone or Windows phone, don't get them, stick with Android, but I have a lot of experience dealing with emergent mibile technologies, and had a lot of hardware sent by manufacturers to review for my leadership at the time, I had a G1 and enjoyed it, but the mismanagement of the platform as a whole turned me off to it and aside from the ability to set up proprietary application storefronts and create custom images I would not be willing to recommend it for any company with an enterprise network.

 

I mentioned I just got an iPhone, and I quite like it.  I don't really like Apple products generally, though.

They will be introducing a 5S most likely this year, I don't expect it to be a whole lot more feature rich than what is currently available.

I've had both Android phones and iPhones.  The iPhone version of the same apps are always MUCH better than they are on Android.  Android is a buggy mess and the apps crash constantly and or just have poor functionality in comparison to the iPhone versions.  

Anyone that's being honest and has had both will tell you the same thing.  Android is a more versatile operating system because it's "open" but with that openness comes more bugs and crashes etc.   

It's really like comparing Windows and Mac OSX.  I can leave my Mac running for weeks or even months without rebooting.  OSX is more closed and less open than Windows is and therefore is also much more reliable and stable.  

I'm 28 but have been gaming since I was about 5.

 

Games aside, I just don't understand the Wii U in general. The selling point is a huge, bulky controller with a standard definition screen built in?

 

So I can check my inventory by looking down? Big deal. So I can play games by looking at a SD screen instead of a 50in HDTV? Why would I?

 

The other part I don't get is... what market is the Wii U trying to attract?

 

Obviously the original Wii was marketed to kids, fat people, and old ladys to get them off the couch and active. It was a great idea and it sold amazingly well.

 

The Wii U?

 

Well, first of all... 97% of the population still thinks the Wii U is an add-on to the Wii that's currently collecting dust in their living rooms. And since the Wii U's selling point is a tablet controller, it loses the "get up and move" appeal that the Wii had... so there goes that demographic.

 

Then there is the "hardcore" crowd that favors more 'FPS" and third party games. Well, do I really need to go into this point on how the Wii U has failed with that demographic so far?

 

So the Wii U has basically shunned both the casual and hardcore crowds. An amazing feat really when you think about it.

You echo a lot of my concerns with the console.  

In some regards I see the gamepad controller as just another gimmick.  Nintendo has made comments in the past that they see Apple as their biggest threat right now so I see the gamepad as just a desperate attempt at recreating the iPad experience for Nintendo.  In reality though the Wii U is just Nintendo bringing the DS effect to the living room.  

I agree that it's troubling that the gamepad has such a low resolution.  It bothers me that they're still not giving up on the whole Wiimote motion control crap.  Motion control was a fad that has passed.  Not even the geriatrics in old folks homes care about motion control anymore.  

There seem to be a lot of odd decisions and stupid mistakes Nintendo made with the Wii U just like the completely idiotic mistake of not including a second analog stick on the 3DS and then releasing one as an add on just a few months later.  

I would hate to see Nintendo fail and fade into obscurity in the same way that Sega has but if they keep making these dumb mistakes I fear that's what their future holds.  

While I resent being called an "older gamer" I've gotta chime in on how Nintendo won my personal console war. I had a Wii and nothing else and i was pretty happy. Them came an opportunity to get a 360 for free. I had a hankering to play the dead space games cause i really liked the Wii one. It was probably a year or two before i ever touched the Wii again. I was playing all the awesome bad a$$ games for 360.
But then Skyward Sword came out and i decided to dust off the old Wii before i played it, get used to the controller again.
That's when it hit me. I've been playing/buying all these high graphics intense games, pouring hours into them, and none of them were fun for me. Nintendo is still stuck in the 90s, back when people played video games for fun.
Some people may want to play super intense games where you're an awesome space dude who shoots everything that moves to progress to the next level, but I'd take Metroid's isolated environment and clever puzzles any day.
When Wii u came out i did away worth my 360 and I've never regretted it. there's nothing i find fun on the other consoles anyway. (with some small exceptions eg Portal, LBP, L4D)

I definitely agree with you in some regards when it comes to better graphics not equating to more fun.  I have a closet full of current gen games that I've only played for an hour or so before I became bored with them or disenchanted some way or another.  In many cases I feel like modern games are too complicated and require more thought than I really have the patience for at my age.  

Life is stressful enough, I've got enough to worry about with everyday life.  When I sit down with a game I want a simple objective like kill kill kill or progress from point A to B etc.  I don't really want to sit down with some huge open world game where I have to stress over every little decision and manage huge inventories and complex systems etc.  Sometimes games like that can be fun but out of all the games I've played in this current gen I enjoyed Mirrors Edge and the Uncharted games the most I'd say.  Both of those games were very old school in that they were primarily about progressing from point A to B.  There's enough complexity in life.  Games should be fun and entertaining and a break from the complexity of everyday life.  

I play PC 95% of the time I spend gaming. And 100% of that time is spent in front of a 50 inch LED TV. Big screen mode man, big screen mode. I still use a keyboard and mouse though, the only good gaming controller

The problem with that though is tv's only go up to 1080p (unless you're have a 4K tv which I seriously doubt).  One of the advantages to playing games on a PC is higher resolution and higher frame rates.  You're sacrificing one of those benefits by playing PC games on a TV.  

Birthday coming up. Was wondering if I should go with and iPhone 5 or the WiiU?

Thanks

Ok, this one is super SUPER simple if you are seriously torn between getting a iPhone 5 and a Wii U.  

iPhone 5 is a device that can be used anywhere and will have an internet connection anywhere for VERY many different uses.  I personally don't like mobile gaming so I wouldn't buy a iPhone 5 just for gaming but it obviously does have touch games.  

A Wii U is just a gaming console that can only be used at home.  You can't text your friends with it, you can't make phone calls with it.  You can't navigate somewhere with it.  A Wii U won't keep you notified of new emails, tweets, Facebook posts etc.